Miller 3rd on Stage #4 and Moves Into 3rd Overall

(July 8, 2008)

Race Report filed by Slipstream Sports

Finishing third and 18 seconds off stage winner and new yellow jersey Stefan Schumacher, David Millar moved up to third overall and just 12 seconds back. Joining David in a top ten performance today was Christian Vande Velde, whose 8th place finish moved him up to 6th in the general classification.

Former U23 world time trial champ Danny Pate was the first member of Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O to register the time to beat. Starting 57th, Danny finished in 36′54″ and held onto his lead for a little more than an hour when Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel bettered Danny’s time by one second. Danny finished a respectable 14th today.

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O’s collectively strong performance today allowed them to increase their time gap to 1′44″ in the overall team classification.

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O stage 4 ITT results

3. David Millar +18″
8. Christian Vande Velde +37″
14. Danny Pate +1′10″
36. Magnus Backstedt +1′54″
56. Ryder Hesjedal +2′34″
111. Trent Lowe +3′34″
112. Julian Dean +3′34″
138. Martijn Maaskant +3′54″

Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O GC
3. David Millar +12″
6. Christian Vande Velde +37″
57. William Frischkorn +3′51″
66. Julian Dean +4′19″
74. Martijn Maaskant +4′48″
84. Danny Pate +5′23″
86. Ryder Hesjedal +5′26″
109. Trent Lowe +6′26″
144. Magnus Backstedt +8′53

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Marya Pongrace
Slipstream Sports
mpongrace@peppercom.com
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